Chapter 14
1 In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar ; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer , king of Elam ; and Tidal , king of Goiim ,
2 they made war with Bera , king of Sodom ; Birsha , king of Gomorrah ; Shinab , king of Admah; Shemeber , king of Zeboiim ; and the king of Bela ( also called Zoar ).
3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim ( also called the Salt Sea ).
4 They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years , and in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim , the Zuzim in Ham , the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim ,
6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir , to El Paran, which is by the wilderness .
7 They returned , and came to En Mishpat ( also called Kadesh ), and struck all the country of the Amalekites , and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
8 The king of Sodom , and the king of Gomorrah , the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim , and the king of Bela ( also called Zoar ) went out ; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim
9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam , Tidal king of Goiim , Amraphel king of Shinar , and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five .
10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled , and some fell there . Those who remained fled to the hills .
11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah , and all their food, and went their way .
12 They took Lot , Abram’s brother’s son , who lived in Sodom , and his goods , and departed .
13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew . At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre , the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner . They were allies of Abram.
14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive , he led out his three hundred and eighteen trained men , born in his house , and pursued as far as Dan .
15 He divided himself against them by night , he and his servants , and struck them , and pursued them to Hobah , which is on the left hand of Damascus .
16 He brought back all the goods , and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods , and the women also , and the other people .
17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him , at the valley of Shaveh ( that is , the King ’s Valley ).
18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine . He was priest of God Most High .
19 He blessed him , and said, " Blessed be Abram of God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth .
20 Blessed be God Most High , who has delivered your enemies into your hand ." Abram gave him a tenth of all .
21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, " Give me the people , and take the goods for yourself ."
22 Abram said to the king of Sodom , " I have lifted up my hand to the LORD , God Most High , possessor of heaven and earth ,
23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘ I have made Abram rich .’
24 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me : Aner , Eshcol, and Mamre . Let them take their portion ."